Chris Park, President, New York Life Foundation

New York Life Foundation is pleased to be partnering with the Alliance to increase the national dialogue around the needs of young people who are grieving the loss of a loved one. Often young people grieve in silence, feel alone and are unable to express their complicated feelings of loss. The New York Life Award encourages creative communication of their emotions and serves as a way to deal productively with grief. We are proud to provide these young artists and writers a forum to share their visions and voices as we increase awareness of the need for creative outlets to help with the grieving process.